Ha Na Jang shoots brilliant final round to win HSBC Women's Champions
Monday 7 March 2016 11:45, UK
Ha Na Jang powered clear in the closing stages to win the HSBC Women's Champions by four shots in Singapore.
The 23-year-old South Korean is one of the most in-form players in women's golf and has now claimed two LPGA victories this season already.
Jang began the day with a one-shot advantage and her putter was in fine working order at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday as she carded a superb closing 65 to finish on 12-under-par.
Her playing partner Pornanong Phatlum (68) of Thailand scrambled brilliantly to stay in touch but was eventually outpaced and has now finished second on tour three times in as many years.
She would have triumphed here but for the brilliance of Jang and finished four shots clear of third-place finisher Amy Yang (71) of Korea.
Jang started the year by becoming the first player on the LPGA Tour to score a hole-in-one on a par-four and she then claimed a maiden victory in Florida last month.
She began her final round here with a birdie three and picked up further shots at seven and nine, only to bogey 11.
Her lead over Phatlum was just two shots at that point and the pair both birdied the par-five 12th but Jang went on to make it three birdies in a row, as she picked up further shots at 13 and 14.
Three clear going to the last, Jang clinched victory in wonderful fashion, making eagle at the par-five 18th after taking on the lake with her second, attacking the pin with a fairway wood.
"I felt very comfortable today but am really, really happy this year because I have two wins right now," said Jang, who will rise to number five in the world rankings.
"Closing with that eagle was amazing in my mind, very lovely."
Norway's Suzann Pettersen fared best of the European contingent, closing with a second successive round of 71 to reach nine-under.
She finished alongside the likes of Stacy Lewis (71) and Canadian youngster Brooke Henderson (71) in a tie for ninth place.
And World No 1 Lydia Ko tied for 15th, having finished with a three-under round of 69.
